Sometimes you want a mobile to do more than just make calls, take pictures or surf the net. Sometimes you need that chic factor, the equivalent of a chihuahua in your cellphone – the bling that rings.
The Motorola Aura and LG Prada II will have your bases covered very shortly, but if you’re looking to look good without forking out £2,000, here’s some budget beauties you can pick up right now.
LG Prada
Mark II totes a QWERTY keyboard and is on the way soon, but the original model is still a stylish bargain. You can pick the GPRS-enabled touchscreener up for free, with six months’ line rental half price. The only thing lighter than that on your wallet is the phone itself, floating in at just 85g. Definitely one for size zeros.
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Latest LG Prada deals from Carphone Warehouse
Mandarina Duck phone
This one was lost on us too, but it turns out that Mandarina make handbags with ducks on them that women go another type of animal for. We’re quite taken by this one though: while the screen is nothing to go quackers over, the bright rubber shell manages to look much greater than the sum of its parts. And it’s free from £20 a month, with plenty of talk time thrown in too.
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Mandarina Duck phone deals from Carphone Warehouse
HTC Ted Baker Needle
For practical fashionistas, you can’t go wrong with HTC and Ted Baker’s lilac collaboration. It’s a touchscreen, but unlike the other phones here which just about manage a camera and WAP, this comes fully dressed with Wi-Fi and Windows Mobile, giving you plenty more options for personalisation. Another freebie on contract, with half price line rental for the first six months.
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Latest HTC Ted Baker Needle phone deals from Carphone Warehouse
Levi’s phone
We’re going a bit downmarket here, admittedly, but this phone is an outright bargain, whether you like denim or not. It’s tiny, it’s metallic, it clips onto your trousers, and it comes with 20 hours of free minutes every month as well as a year’s line rental half price cashback.
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Latest Levi’s phone deals from Carphone Warehouse
Samsung miCoach
We’re definitely getting into JJB territory here, but this Adidas fitness phone does its job well. A stride sensor and hear rate monitor will guilt you into jogging regularly, and you can sync all the data online to chart your progress. Plus, it comes with a £25 Adidas voucher. Now that’s a sportswear sale.
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Latest Samsung miCoach deals from Carphone Warehouse
Samsung Armani
Finally, if you’re really feeling flush, this fashionable phone will let you prod in style on its 2.6 inch touchscreen, and is especially designed for those with long, manicured fingernails. Probably. It’s still £110 plus your monthly contract, and given it’s not HSDPA, it’s poor value for features, but it’s still cheaper than any other Armani product ever.
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Latest Samsung Armani deals from Carphone Warehouse
